Molecular indicators of palaeoenvironmental conditions in an immature Permian shale (Kupferschiefer, Lower Rhine Basin, north-west Germany) from free and S-bound lipids

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 131-147

  Grice, Kliti ^a,c   Schaeffer, Philippe ^a,d   Schwark, Lorenz ^b   Maxwell, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

anoxygenic photosynthesis; aromatic carotenoids; aryl isoprenoids; Chlorobiaceae; irm GC MS; Kupferschiefer; phytoplankton; S bound lipids

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; KUPFERSCHIEFER; LIPID; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN;

GERMANY, LOWER RHINE BASIN;

ALGAE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIA; COMPOSITION; DESULFURIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHALE;

ANOXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHESIS; AROMATIC CAROTENOIDS; ARYL ISOPRENOIDS; CHLOROBIACEAE; PERMIAN COPPER SHALE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIOMARKERS;

EID: 0030300302     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00130-1     Document Type: Article

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